(WARHOL,ANDY) illus. BEST IN CHILDREN'S BOOKS. Offered here are 6 volumes of the Best In Children's Books series published in New York by Nelson Doubleday 1958 - 1959: Volumes 5, 7, 15, 21, 27, 33. All are 8vo (5 3/4 x 8 1/2"), cloth, all fine, all but one in... More about BEST IN CHILDREN'S BOOKS: 6 VOLUMES

(HASSAM,CHILDE)illus. YOUTH IN TWELVE CENTURIES by M.E.B. [Mary Elizabeth Blake]. Boston: D. Lothrop 1886. Small 4to, cloth backed boards stamped in gold, all edges gilt, covers age soiled and corners worn else VG+. The text consists of poems about young people from various countries and from various eras. Illustrated by..... More about YOUTH IN TWELVE CENTURIES

CHASE,MARY ELLEN. VICTORIA: A PIG IN A PRAM. NY: W.W. Norton (1963). 8vo (5 1/4 x 7 3/4"), cloth, fine in dust wrapper (price clipped). 1st edition. The story is about a little girl and her pig. Chase, who is known as an author of adult books, based this story... More about VICTORIA: A PIG IN A PRAM

(LAWSON,ROBERT)illus. POO-POO AND THE DRAGONS by C.S. Forester. Boston: Little Brown 1942 (Aug. 1942). 8vo (6 3/4 x 8 1/2"), green cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (dw with a touch of fraying at head of spine otherwise near Fine). Stated first edition. This is the story of a little boy... More about POO-POO AND THE DRAGONS

GRAFTON,SUE. KEZIAH DANE. NY: Macmillan (1967). 8vo, cloth, 220p., soil on endpaper else fine in dust wrapper that is wrinkled on bottom of front panel. Stated 1st edition. This is Grafton's first book, a young adult / adult novel written when she was just 26 years old.More about KEZIAH DANE

GRAVES,ROBERT. TWO WISE CHILDREN by Robert Graves. Harlin Quist, (1966). 12mo, green cloth, fine in dw. Stated 1st ed. Bill and Avis share a friendship and the secret of Avis' magical powers. Illustrated by Ralph Pinto with detailed pen and inks.More about TWO WISE CHILDREN

SCOTT,WILLIAM R. - PUBLISHER. IS IT HARD? IS IT EASY? by Mary McBurney Green. NY: Young Scott 1948. 4to, cl. backed pict. bds, VG+. A simple, repetitive picture book, illustrated by noted artist Bloch with bold full page color illustrations opposite each page of text. See Bader p.232 for other.More about IS IT HARD? IS IT EASY?

GUTHRIE,A.B. ONCE UPON A POND. Missoula,MT: Mountain Press (1973). 4to, cloth, ink inscription crossed out on ep else fine in dw with mend. Stated 1st ed. The first children's book by Guthrie, the pulitzer Prize winning author who wrote the movie script for Shane. Illus. in b&w by his wife..... More about ONCE UPON A POND

(WOOD,GRANT)illus. FARM ON THE HILL by Madeline Darrough Horn. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons 1936 (1936 A). 4to (7 1/4 x 9 3/4"), blue pictorial cloth, Fine in near fine dust wrapper. First edition, 1st printing with A on copyright page. Illustrated by the great American artist Grant Wood with 8... More about FARM ON THE HILL

(SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. FLY BY NIGHT by Randall Jarrell. NY: Farrar Straus & Giroux (1976). 8vo (5 3/8 x 8 1/8"), cloth, AS NEW IN DUST WRAPPER. Stated First Edition. Jarrell's last children's story before his death has wonderful full page black and white illustrations throughout by Sendak.More about FLY BY NIGHT

(PARNALL,PETER)illus. PIG WITH ONE NOSTRIL by Millard Lampell. Garden City: Doubleday & Company (1975). Oblong 4to (10 5/8 x 8 1/4"), cloth, Fine condition in near Fine price clipped dust wrapper with a few tiny edge nips. Stated 1st edition. The story of a pig with one nostril who felt... More about PIG WITH ONE NOSTRIL

(PARNALL,PETER)illus. PIG WITH ONE NOSTRIL by Millard Lampell. Garden City: Doubleday & Company (1975). Oblong 4to (10 5/8 x 8 1/4"), cloth, Fine condition in near Fine dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition. The story of a pig with one nostril who felt sorry for himself and how a frog helps... More about PIG WITH ONE NOSTRIL

LARDNER,RING. BIB BALLADS. Chic: Volland (1915). 4to, brown cloth stamped in gold and white, Fine. Lardner's FIRST BOOK - A CHILDREN'S BOOK OF SORTS being poems about a little baby. Illustrated in color by Fontaine Fox. A nice copy of a scarce title.More about BIB BALLADS

LARDNER,RING. BIB BALLADS. Chicago: Volland (1915). 4to, brown cloth stamped in gold and white, Fine. Lardner's FIRST BOOK - A CHILDREN'S BOOK OF SORTS being poems about a little baby. RING LARDNER'S SIGNATURE IS LAID IN. Illustrated in color by Fontaine Fox. A nice copy of a scarce title.More about BIB BALLADS

MAUROIS,ANDRE. FATAPOUFS & THINIFERS trans. by Rosemary Benet. NY: Henry Holt (1940). 4to (8 1/4 x 11 1/4", cloth, Fine in dust wrapper with some edge wear. 1st edition. The Fatapoufs are fat people who enjoy eating as a major sport. The scowling Thinifers are the opposite. This is the... More about FATAPOUFS & THINIFERS

ADULT AUTHOR. THE HEAVENLY TENANTS by William Maxwell. NY: Harper Bros. (1946). 4to, cloth, sl. cover soil else VG in worn dw. 1st ed. The story of a family who becomes involved with the characters of the zodiac. Illus. by Hungarian artist ILONKA KARASZ with striking full and partial page... More about HEAVENLY TENANTS

McGINLEY,PHYLLIS. THE B BOOK. NY: Crowell Collier (1962). 4to, pictorial cloth, edges lightly rubbed with more wear to spine extrems, bookplate, VG. 1st ed. of this title in the Modern Masters series, charmingly illustrated by ROBERT JONES. Very scarce.More about B BOOK

(NESS,EVALINE)illus. FUNNY TOWN by Eve Merrian. NY: Crowell-Collier 1963. 4to, pict. bds, sl. edge rubbing, VG+. A title in the Modern Master series, illus. in color by Ness on every page. One of the less common titles in this series.More about FUNNY TOWN

(RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. WHERE THE BLUE BEGINS by Christopher Morley. London & NY: William Heinemann & Doubleday Page (1922) [1925]. The British edition has no printed date in it and the 1922 date printed on the copyright page of the American edition refers to the original printing which was published without any... More about WHERE THE BLUE BEGINS

RAWLINGS,MARJORIE KINNAN. THE SECRET RIVER. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons (1955 A). 8vo (6 x 8 1.4"), pictorial cloth, Fine in dust wrapper with small chip off end of spine (not price clipped, no award seal). First edition. When Rawlings died, this story was found among her papers and it is... More about SECRET RIVER

RAWLINGS,MARJORIE KINNAN. THE SECRET RIVER. NY: Atheneum (2011). 10 1/8 x 11 1/4", Fine. When Rawlings died, this story was found among her papers and it is the only book that Rawlings wrote specifically for children. It was published in 1955 illustrated by LEONARD WEISGARD and won a NEWBERY HONOR... More about SECRET RIVER

SAYERS,DOROTHY L. EVEN THE PARROT. Lond:Methuen (1944). 8vo, cloth, 55p., VG+ in sl. chipped dw. Illus. in line by SILLINCE. An interesting book for children by the master of mystery novels.More about EVEN THE PARROT

SCHEER,JULIAN. RAIN MAKES APPLESAUCE. NY: Holiday House 1964. 4to, pict. cloth, fine in frayed and chipped dw. 1st ed. The first children's book written by the assistant public affairs director of NASA. Illus. in color by Marvin Bileck, a graphic artist. An imaginative picture book, CALDECOTT HONOR and NEW YORK... More about RAIN MAKES APPLESAUCE

SINCLAIR,UPTON. THE GNOMOBILE: a Gnice Gnew Gnarrative with Gnonsense but Gnothing Gnaughty. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill (1936, 1962). 8vo, maroon boards, 191p., Fine. Written for his granddaughter, this is Sinclair's only juvenile. Illustrated by Marcel Tillard in color. Very scarce.More about GNOMOBILE

SINGER,ISAAC BASHEVIS. NAFTALI THE STORYTELLER AND HIS HORSE, SUS. NY: FSG (1976). 4to, cloth, Fine in dw. Stated 1st printing. 8 stories translated from the Yiddish and wonderfully illustrated by MARGOT ZEMACH with drawings that are particularly suitable to the text.More about NAFTALI THE STORYTELLER AND HIS HORSE, SUS

MODERN MASTERS. WHAT DID I SEE? by William Jay Smith. Crowell-Collier (1962). 4to, green boards, slight rubbing, near fine. 1st edition of this rare title in the Moder Masters Series of children's books by authors better known for their adult works. Illus. in black and white by Don Almquist.More about WHAT DID I SEE?

STEIN,GERTRUDE. THE WORLD IS ROUND. NY: William Scott (1939). 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper with some wear and fraying. Stated 1st edition. Printed on rose colored paper "at Stein's insistance" (Bader p.223), Rose Is A Rose is Stein's first children's book, written at the suggestion of... More about WORLD IS ROUND

STEIN,GERTRUDE. THE WORLD IS ROUND. NY:Wm. Scott (1939). 4to, cloth backed pict. bds, sl. soil on spine else Fine in chipped dw. Stated 2nd ed. Printed on rose colored paper "at Stein's insistance" (Bader p.223), Rose Is A Rose. A book meant to be enjoyed by children with wonderful illustrations..... More about WORLD IS ROUND

TAN,AMY. THE MOON LADY. NY: Macmillian (1992). Folio, cloth, fine in dw. Stated 1st ed. (3rd print. with no number 1 or 2 in code). The first children's book by the author of the Joy Luck Club, beautifully illustrated in color by Gretchen Schields. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY TAN AND SCHIELDS.More about MOON LADY

UNTERMEYER,LOUIS. ONE AND ONE AND ONE. NY: Crowell Collier (1962). 4to, 63p., pict. cloth, partial bookplate on endpaper and slight edge rubbing, VG+. 1st ed. of this charming children's book about a cat without a home who meets a dog without a bone. A title in the Modern Masters series... More about ONE AND ONE AND ONE

WELLS,H.G. LITTLE WARS: a game for boys. London: Dent (1913, first published in this ed. 1931). Oblong 4to, cloth, 116p., slight fading to covers else fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. The text gives detailed instructions on how to conduct war on the nursery floor. Illustrated with 16 full page... More about LITTLE WARS